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Boxifier Status
Hi All, I've been following the Boxifier threads as I'm not having much luck emailing the support team directly. Christine at Boxifier has been helping me on and off since June of last year but Boxifier has not worked for me since then, yes I have the new cloud sync problem. Last I heard from Christine was right before the…
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Dropbox External Drive Backup - Changing Computers
I’ve just found out when you change Laptop / Desktop you can’t continue to use the same external hard drive with Dropbox Backup. This is absolute madness. If you want to continue to use that hard drive with Dropbox Backup you have to re upload the full HD. I have 2TB used on a 4TB external SSD and I’ve just changed to a…
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Is there a way to share or move backup files to my Dropbox folder?
This discussion was created from comments split from: How can I move Dropbox backup files to regular Dropbox? .
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Impossible to Restore an External Drive Backup
Dropbox is an absolute joke! If you back up an external drive and that drive crashes, congratulations — you’ve just discovered that Dropbox “Backup” is basically useless. You cannot restore the backup to a new drive. Let that sink in. A backup service that can’t restore to new hardware... Yeah, funny, I know. Your only…
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Ability to rename Dropbox Backup machine names
Currently in Dropbox Backup all machines are named Mac (1), Mac (2), Mac (3) etc. Please add the ability to change those or at least give an alias so we can be able to understand which machine is which.
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"Updating 42 files" on Dropbox icon for over a year and two Dropbox folders in Library
Application Affected Dropbox Mac: Device MiniMacM4, 2024 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) MacOS 26.3.4 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 Question or Issue I’ve had the same “Updating 42 files” on my monitor tab icon for over a year. after syncing new addition, it reverts to this notice. There is…
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Can I back up my computer folders after moving the Dropbox folder to another drive?
Users C Drive is low on Space. There is another D Drive installed that has more than enough space. When I attempted to just move the Dropbox folder, it told me it couldnt because the Backups were on a different Drive. So I stopped backups of the folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads), Did what I needed to do to move them…
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Feedback on the Dropbox desktop app and backup feature
WARNING: DO NOT USE! DropBox **bleep**ed up my file system (MacOS) so bad that even my fellow Apple Developers, experts like you find at Stack Exchange, file system experts from the very best data recovery experts, … can’t help. Problem: it blew up mid-backup. what a mess. Marketing nerd answered my call to support - not…
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How can I access my Backup menu on Mac Tahoe?
Application Affected Dropbox automated backups Device Macbook Pro Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Mac Tahoe 26.2, Vivaldi browser Question or Issue i cant find the menu for my automated backup of external harddisk. As they are now full i need to manage them. I looked online, and found a guide thats says i…
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There are invisible files taking up my Dropbox space and I can't delete them.
Dropbox Plan I pay for 3 TB A large UpdraftPlus backup was uploaded to my Dropbox. The files appeared briefly in Recent, but the actual folder has never been visible in All files. Search does not find the folder either. I deleted the backup from UpdraftPlus, but Dropbox still says I am massively over my storage limit. My…